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THE ATLANTA FANDOM GUIDE: ATLANTA FAN CLUBS & MEETUP GROUPS

LAST UPDATED: 1.28.2015

NOTE: Please pardon our construction. Listings are currently being reorganized by category/genre/fandom rather than alphabetically — project 80% completed as of 3.23.2013. To be added: categories for Trivia, Puppetry, Storytelling, Music, as well as expanded listings for existing categories.

– THE ATLANTA CHRISTIAN GAMING & ANIME GUILD
Web: Facebook Group [Closed Membership]
Details: Active faith-based anime fanclub and gaming group meets on the first Friday of every month around the Atlanta area.

– MAG (METRO ATLANTA GEEKS) BOOK CLUB
Web: Facebook Group + Meetup.com Group + Goodreads.com Group
Details: Subgroup of Metro Atlanta Geeks meeting monthly to discuss the group’s book of the month selected title. Events and locations announced through the Facebook group.

– SOUTHERN ORDER OF STORYTELLERS
Web: http://southernorderofstorytellers.org/
+ Related Meetup.com Group “Firefly/Storytelling Night” (hosted and attended by SOS members)
Details: “A group of storytellers and listeners whose goal is to bring storytelling to wider audiences and help make storytelling once again an integral part of culture and entertainment in Georgia and the Southeast.” SOS members/performers participate in local live events and host regular “cluster” meetups with workshop sessions throughout the Atlanta area.

– ATLANTA COMICS
Web: https://www.facebook.com/groups/288805667057/
Details: “A medium for comic book graphic artists and comic writers in the Atlanta and middle Georgia area to network, connect with and collaborate on projects.”

– THE ATLANTA CHRISTIAN GAMING & ANIME GUILD
Web: Facebook Group [Closed Membership]
Details: Active faith-based anime fanclub and gaming group meets on the first Friday of every month around the Atlanta area.

– GEORGIA G.I. JOE FANS
Web: N/A
Details: Not just limited to fans/collectors of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero — open to action figure collectors in general. Meets regularly on the 3rd Thursday of the month in Dunwoody, GA. (Group also meets annually at JOELANTA.) For the time/location, please contact Craig: voiceroy – at – yahoo.com

– LEGO CLUB
Web: http://club1.lego.com/en-us/default.aspx
Location: Lawrenceville, GA @ Discover Mills Mall
Phone: 678-847-6078
Details: Meets 3-4 times per month — 1st Tuesday of the month is always the “Monthly Mini Model Build.” Regular LEGO Club meetings are held on Saturdays (anywhere from 1-3 times per month) and you can join to the tune of $25 per meeting which gets you a “free, exclusive LEGO Club T-shirt and bag of LEGO bricks.”

– METRO ATLANTA GEEKS
Web: http://www.metroatlantageeks.com/ + Facebook Page + Facebook Group
Details: Regular meetups in Marietta, Peachtree City, Roswell, and other areas around Atlanta. This is also the official meetup group (and discussion forum/community) of The Atlanta Fandom Guide.
[Contributed by Johnny League]

– STARGATE ATLANTA
Web: http://www.stargateatlanta.com/ + Facebook group
Details: “Active fan group of all things Stargate.” Meets on the first Saturday of every month at The Dragon’s Horde in Stone Mountain, GA. Also serves as co-host for Atlanta’s annual TimeGate convention.

– THE ATLANTA CHRISTIAN GAMING & ANIME GUILD
Web: Facebook Group [Closed Membership]
Details: Active faith-based anime fanclub and gaming group meets on the first Friday of every month around the Atlanta area.

– GAME SHOW PLAYERS ATLANTA
Web: http://www.meetup.com/GameShow/
Details: A “group for people to find out when and where our Game Shows will be played. Games like Clobber, Trivial Feud, Wheel, and Atlantean Squares …. playing in various restaurants, bars and pubs throughout the Atlanta metro area.”

– SAVING THROWWeb: http://www.meetup.com/savingthrow/
Details: “Monthly meetup group in Atlanta designed to be a haven for all gamers, nerds, geeks, etc. who want a place to play and socialize without the pressure of having to purchase something, rent space, or feel limited because of the public presence.”Note: Meetup.com page expired in August 2012. Still has a Facebook profile which states that the group is still meeting monthly in the basement of Midtown Church in Atlanta. Contact the admin through the Facebook page for details.

– STAR WARS LCG PLAYERS – ATLANTA, GAhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/swlcgatl + Yahoo Group
Details: “A place for players of the Star Wars Living Card Game in the Atlanta area to talk, share events, and meet.”
Locations: See the group description for meetup locations all over Atlanta in Duluth, Marietta, Smyrna, and Suwannee.

– THE ATLANTA JAVASCRIPT MEETUP GROUP
Web: http://www.atlantajavascript.com/
Details: “Meet other local JavaScripters to share knowledge, to review the state of the art, or to dream up new applications.”

– SOUTHERN ORDER OF STORYTELLERS
Web: http://southernorderofstorytellers.org/
+ Related Meetup.com Group “Firefly/Storytelling Night” (hosted and attended by SOS members)
Details: “A group of storytellers and listeners whose goal is to bring storytelling to wider audiences and help make storytelling once again an integral part of culture and entertainment in Georgia and the Southeast.” SOS members/performers participate in local live events and host regular “cluster” meetups with workshop sessions throughout the Atlanta area.

– THE ATLANTA FOUNDLINGS
Web: http://www.meetup.com/The-Atlanta-Foundlings/
Details: “If you’re looking for things like Geek Trivia, Small Group Dinners, Hiking, and a smaller group where people actually like each other and look forward to hanging out together then this is more your speed.”

HEADS-UP: If for some reason you don’t find a meetup group/fan club here that suits your interests, OR you want to find MORE groups like any of these to join, register on meetup.com (it’s free) and do keyword searches on your interests. Meetup’s search engine will suggest groups within 50 miles of your location. To illustrate, there are (as of this posting) 23 group results if I search for “geek” and 136 group results if I search for “movie” or “movies” — and that’s just for the Atlanta area.

You can attempt similar searches on Facebook.com and LinkedIn.com, but Facebook’s group/page search by keywords yields inconsistent results and LinkedIn groups are mostly career/business/professional networking-related and often not for hobbies/social activities. Yahoo Groups is still useful and you might find active local groups there, as well as NING.com

I will add specific meetup.com and Facebook groups here either by request or based on what I think my fellow geeks might be looking for. I also review meetup group and fan club pages before adding them to make sure they are current, active and have at least 2-3 dozen members.

Also, with meetup.com groups it’s important to know before you join ANY group that there could be a membership fee to join and/or to participate in meetups with individual groups (either monthly, annually, or a fee per meeting). If the group doesn’t mention this on their page or you aren’t sure, ask in advance of attending a meetup.

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I’m fairly new to the Warner Robins area. I’m 25 and would love to meet some gamers to hang with. Please respond to comment if you can help me. I’m into D&D or any RPG or XBox gaming! Give me a shout!!!